{"id":2073377,"date":"2026-08-01T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2073377"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:15:09","slug":"watch-kylie-minogue-reunite-with-nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-at-mammoth-brighton-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2073377","title":{"rendered":"Watch Kylie Minogue reunite with Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at mammoth Brighton gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_kylie_brighton_main.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch Kylie Minogue reunite with Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at mammoth Brighton gig<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Minogue shared her &#8220;undying, unwavering love&#8221; for Cave at the huge homecoming Preston Park show that also featured The Flaming Lips, English Teacher and more \u2013 here&#8217;s what went down<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Andrew Trendell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-01T11:15:09+01:00\">1st August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_kylie_brighton_main-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi\" title=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton&#8217;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds reunited with Kylie Minogue for an emotional performance of \u2018Where The Wild Roses Grow\u2019 at the band\u2019s mammoth homecoming Brighton gig last night (Friday July 31). Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more from what went down throughout the day below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: \u201cThere\u2019s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Preston Park gig served as a UK-exclusive performance and homecoming of sorts for the band, as they round off the campaign for their acclaimed 2024 album \u2018Wild God\u2019. To mark the occasion, yesterday morning they also played a surprise stripped-back pop up show on the roof of Brighton\u2019s beloved Resident Records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To make things more momentous, the band\u2019s headline set later that night saw them joined on stage by Kylie Minogue for a stirring rendition of their classic 1995 collab single, \u2018Where The Wild Roses Grow\u2019 \u2013 something they\u2019ve not done together since 2018 at London\u2019s All Points East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we please welcome to the stage, Kylie Minogue,\u201d said Cave with a simple introduction to a roaring response. \u201cI am so happy to be here, always,\u201d Minogue then told the sold-out crowd, before declaring her \u201cundying, unwavering love\u201d for the frontman. \u201cI love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbfbE15z1-v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbfqnuptXIS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960222\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_kylie_CHLOEHASHEMI.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbfkFbsjfN6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Support throughout the day came from special guests The Flaming Lips,\u00a0English Teacher, Cate Le Bon\u00a0and\u00a0Warmduscher.<\/p>\n<p>Most arrived in the late afternoon for English Teacher playing to \u201cthe biggest crowd we\u2019ve ever played to\u201d as the sun beat down on Preston Park, with a set leaning heavily on their acclaimed Mercury Prize-winning album \u2018This Could Be Texas\u2018, while also airing a handful of new songs including the kaleidoscopic \u2018Billboards\u2019, the dreamy \u2018Toothpick\u2019 and \u2018Dog Called Ohm\u2019 and \u2018Man\u2019 and pointing towards a more expansive, widescreen sound.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_atmos.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds fans at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds fans at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_Cave_brighton_english_teacher.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lily Fontaine of English Teacher supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Seeds at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Tristan Fewings\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The field was packed when The Flaming Lips took to the stage for the penultimate set of the day, when frontman Wayne Coyne introduced the band by allowing some small children to greet the audience from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>With some on-stage theatrics worthy of a grand finale for most bands, the psych-rock legends got things off to a heady start when they inflated some giant mechanical overlords for \u2018Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Parts One and Two\u2019, with the showmanship and stagecraft only increasing from there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are The Flaming Lips and words cannot describe how amazing it is to be playing here for you today,\u201d Coyne told the crowd before thanking Nick Cave for inviting then and the audience \u201cfor being so happy and so loud\u201d, paying tribute to a woman dressed as a unicorn on the fourth row for making it to her 93rd show by the band.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights included \u201chappy giant star head dancing man\u201d flanking the band for their 2002 Chemical Brothers dancefloor banger collab \u2018The Golden Path\u2019, beautiful new song \u2018Every Tear Drop Cried\u2019 being dedicated to Coyne\u2019s late brother, the usual passing of the \u2018FUCK YEAH BRIGHTON\u2019 sign during a cover of Black Sabbath\u2018s \u2018War Pigs\u2019, and the emotional exorcism of closer \u2018Do You Realize??\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbfkxXklM_b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960183\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_flaming_lips.jpg\" alt=\"Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park in Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park in Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opening with the blues rock explosion of \u2018Get Ready For Love\u2019, Cave addressed the crowd. \u201cFucking Brighton: thank you,\u201d he said to the huge and sprawling 45,000-strong audience. \u201cThis is kind of overwhelming. Deeply overwhelming. I wanna tell you about a girl\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was then straight into \u2018From Her To Eternity\u2019 before they played \u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019 for the second time of the day after airing it on the roof of Resident records that morning. \u201cWe tried this in the Lanes today, it was the first time we\u2019ve got it right,\u201d shared Cave, \u201cwhich in the business means we\u2019re gonna fuck it up tonight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026: the once-dark lord delivers a big dose of joy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other early highlights came with the raucous mantra of \u201c<em>bring your spirit down<\/em>\u201d being belted back for the title track to \u2018Wild God\u2019, and the sing-along to \u2018O Children\u2019 being dedicated to an very underage fan on the front rows who appeared to have \u201csnuck in\u201d, as Cave put it. That song also came with the first huge cheer of the night for maestro Warren Ellis thrusting along to his violin solo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960185\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_2.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Introducing the simmering and tortured title track to \u2018Carnage\u2018, released under Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, the frontman told the crowd it came from a time \u201cwhen we tried for a while to be Simon &amp; Garfunkel\u2026 I was Garfunkel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was warmly received, leading into a more esoteric section ahead of a cavalcade of fan favourites. \u201cYou may not realise that you love this song yet, but you will,\u201d said Cave, introducing \u2018Wild God\u2019 highlight \u2018Joy\u2019 \u2013 which featured a tear-jerking crowd-wide silence as the frontman sang for finding peace after a lifetime of tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you\u2019re beautiful,\u201d he then responded to a fan on the front row. \u201cI\u2019m just a reflection: a mirror to your endless beauty\u2026Shall we stop this?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960221\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_dougalgorman.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park, July 2026. Credit: Doug Algorman\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park, July 2026. Credit: Doug Algorman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960224\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cave_brighton_crowd.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What followed was the rattling off of Bad Seeds bangers \u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You, Henry\u2019, \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019 and \u2018The Weeping Song\u2019, before Cave pointed out the local connection of the \u2018Push The Sky Away\u2019 classic \u2018Jubilee Street\u2019. \u201cThis is a song about a girl who lived on Jubilee Street, which is over there near the Five Guys giant hamburger joint which they erected to immortalise her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the spectral first set closer of \u2018Hollywood\u2019, Cave and The Bad Seeds returned for an encore of \u2018City Of Refuge\u2019, before the former local shared that \u2018Wide Lovely Eyes\u2019 was written about his wife Susie Cave and Brighton Beach, and ended with the gorgeous full-stop of a solo piano performance of \u2018Into My Arms\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds continue their tour with a last run of European festivals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbeTuVaMFWe\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds played:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Get Ready for Love\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018From Her to Eternity\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Wild God\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018O Children\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Tupelo\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Carnage\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Joy\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Rings of Saturn\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Where the Wild Roses Grow\u2019 (with Kylie Minogue)<br \/>\n\u2018The Mercy Seat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You, Henry\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Red Right Hand\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018The Weeping Song\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Jubilee Street\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Hollywood\u2019<br \/>\n<em>Encore:<\/em><br \/>\n\u2018City of Refuge\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Wide Lovely Eyes\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Into My Arms\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_main.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park, Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May, Cave revealed that the Bad Seeds were \u201cmessing around\u201d in the studio with the \u201cvague idea of making a new record\u201d\u00a0as the follow-up to \u2018Wild God\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, I am going to Islington to mess around in the studio,\u201d he said, adding that he would be working with his bandmates Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>Cave also appeared on Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea\u2019s 2026 debut solo album, \u2018Honora\u2019, alongside Radiohead\u2018s Thom Yorke. He also\u00a0recorded a new version of \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019\u00a0for\u00a0<i>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>English Teacher<\/li>\n<li>Kylie Minogue<\/li>\n<li>Nick Cave<\/li>\n<li>Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds<\/li>\n<li>Rock<\/li>\n<li>The Flaming Lips<\/li>\n<li>Warren Ellis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  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Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more from what went down throughout the day below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: \u201cThere\u2019s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Preston Park gig served as a UK-exclusive performance and homecoming of sorts for the band, as they round off the campaign for their acclaimed 2024 album \u2018Wild God\u2019. 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Credit: Chloe Hashemi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbfkFbsjfN6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Support throughout the day came from special guests The Flaming Lips,\u00a0English Teacher, Cate Le Bon\u00a0and\u00a0Warmduscher.<\/p>\n<p>Most arrived in the late afternoon for English Teacher playing to \u201cthe biggest crowd we\u2019ve ever played to\u201d as the sun beat down on Preston Park, with a set leaning heavily on their acclaimed Mercury Prize-winning album \u2018This Could Be Texas\u2018, while also airing a handful of new songs including the kaleidoscopic \u2018Billboards\u2019, the dreamy \u2018Toothpick\u2019 and \u2018Dog Called Ohm\u2019 and \u2018Man\u2019 and pointing towards a more expansive, widescreen sound.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_atmos.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds fans at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds fans at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_Cave_brighton_english_teacher.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lily Fontaine of English Teacher supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Seeds at Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Tristan Fewings\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The field was packed when The Flaming Lips took to the stage for the penultimate set of the day, when frontman Wayne Coyne introduced the band by allowing some small children to greet the audience from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>With some on-stage theatrics worthy of a grand finale for most bands, the psych-rock legends got things off to a heady start when they inflated some giant mechanical overlords for \u2018Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Parts One and Two\u2019, with the showmanship and stagecraft only increasing from there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are The Flaming Lips and words cannot describe how amazing it is to be playing here for you today,\u201d Coyne told the crowd before thanking Nick Cave for inviting then and the audience \u201cfor being so happy and so loud\u201d, paying tribute to a woman dressed as a unicorn on the fourth row for making it to her 93rd show by the band.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights included \u201chappy giant star head dancing man\u201d flanking the band for their 2002 Chemical Brothers dancefloor banger collab \u2018The Golden Path\u2019, beautiful new song \u2018Every Tear Drop Cried\u2019 being dedicated to Coyne\u2019s late brother, the usual passing of the \u2018FUCK YEAH BRIGHTON\u2019 sign during a cover of Black Sabbath\u2018s \u2018War Pigs\u2019, and the emotional exorcism of closer \u2018Do You Realize??\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbfkxXklM_b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960183\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_flaming_lips.jpg\" alt=\"Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park in Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips supporting Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park in Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opening with the blues rock explosion of \u2018Get Ready For Love\u2019, Cave addressed the crowd. \u201cFucking Brighton: thank you,\u201d he said to the huge and sprawling 45,000-strong audience. \u201cThis is kind of overwhelming. Deeply overwhelming. I wanna tell you about a girl\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was then straight into \u2018From Her To Eternity\u2019 before they played \u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019 for the second time of the day after airing it on the roof of Resident records that morning. \u201cWe tried this in the Lanes today, it was the first time we\u2019ve got it right,\u201d shared Cave, \u201cwhich in the business means we\u2019re gonna fuck it up tonight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026: the once-dark lord delivers a big dose of joy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other early highlights came with the raucous mantra of \u201c<em>bring your spirit down<\/em>\u201d being belted back for the title track to \u2018Wild God\u2019, and the sing-along to \u2018O Children\u2019 being dedicated to an very underage fan on the front rows who appeared to have \u201csnuck in\u201d, as Cave put it. That song also came with the first huge cheer of the night for maestro Warren Ellis thrusting along to his violin solo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960185\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_2.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Introducing the simmering and tortured title track to \u2018Carnage\u2018, released under Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, the frontman told the crowd it came from a time \u201cwhen we tried for a while to be Simon &amp; Garfunkel\u2026 I was Garfunkel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was warmly received, leading into a more esoteric section ahead of a cavalcade of fan favourites. \u201cYou may not realise that you love this song yet, but you will,\u201d said Cave, introducing \u2018Wild God\u2019 highlight \u2018Joy\u2019 \u2013 which featured a tear-jerking crowd-wide silence as the frontman sang for finding peace after a lifetime of tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you\u2019re beautiful,\u201d he then responded to a fan on the front row. \u201cI\u2019m just a reflection: a mirror to your endless beauty\u2026Shall we stop this?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960221\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_dougalgorman.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park, July 2026. Credit: Doug Algorman\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park, July 2026. Credit: Doug Algorman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960224\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cave_brighton_crowd.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton&apos;s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Brighton\u2019s Preston Park. Credit: Chloe Hashemi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What followed was the rattling off of Bad Seeds bangers \u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You, Henry\u2019, \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019 and \u2018The Weeping Song\u2019, before Cave pointed out the local connection of the \u2018Push The Sky Away\u2019 classic \u2018Jubilee Street\u2019. \u201cThis is a song about a girl who lived on Jubilee Street, which is over there near the Five Guys giant hamburger joint which they erected to immortalise her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the spectral first set closer of \u2018Hollywood\u2019, Cave and The Bad Seeds returned for an encore of \u2018City Of Refuge\u2019, before the former local shared that \u2018Wide Lovely Eyes\u2019 was written about his wife Susie Cave and Brighton Beach, and ended with the gorgeous full-stop of a solo piano performance of \u2018Into My Arms\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds continue their tour with a last run of European festivals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbeTuVaMFWe\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds played:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Get Ready for Love\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018From Her to Eternity\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Wild God\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018O Children\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Tupelo\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Carnage\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Joy\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Rings of Saturn\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Where the Wild Roses Grow\u2019 (with Kylie Minogue)<br \/>\n\u2018The Mercy Seat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You, Henry\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Red Right Hand\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018The Weeping Song\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Jubilee Street\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Hollywood\u2019<br \/>\n<em>Encore:<\/em><br \/>\n\u2018City of Refuge\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Wide Lovely Eyes\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Into My Arms\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_brighton_main.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave of Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at Preston Park, Brighton, July 2026 (Photo by Alexander Cropper\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May, Cave revealed that the Bad Seeds were \u201cmessing around\u201d in the studio with the \u201cvague idea of making a new record\u201d\u00a0as the follow-up to \u2018Wild God\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, I am going to Islington to mess around in the studio,\u201d he said, adding that he would be working with his bandmates Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>Cave also appeared on Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea\u2019s 2026 debut solo album, \u2018Honora\u2019, alongside Radiohead\u2018s Thom Yorke. He also\u00a0recorded a new version of \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019\u00a0for\u00a0<i>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/nick-cave-bad-seeds-kylie-minogue-brighton-preston-park-footage-setlist-photos-english-teacher-flaming-lips-3960172&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nick_cave_kylie_brighton_main.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch Kylie Minogue reunite with Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds at mammoth Brighton gig Minogue shared her &#8220;undying, unwavering love&#8221; for Cave at the huge homecoming Preston Park show that also featured The Flaming Lips, English Teacher and more \u2013 here&#8217;s what went down By Andrew Trendell 1st August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2073377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2073377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2073377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2073377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2073377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}